VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

banner: a piece of cloth/cardboard that has words written on it

eg. People protested on the street holding banners.

running for president = presidential candidate: person/people who participate in an election to become a president

election: a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or official job 选举

eg. The local elections will take place in May next year.

mental health: the condition of someone’s mind and whether or not they are suffering from any mental illness 精神状态

eg, His mother had severe mental health problems for many years.

social status – upper/lower/middle class

Grammar

hate  – hit 

say – see 

Pronunciation

hate – hey- ate

hit – he-it

see – c

say – 谁

It is a story about a joker. At the beginning the joker was hit by three person on the road. The person robbed the joker’s bot which the joker uses to act. When he got back to the workplace he was punished by his boss. The people from the lowest part of society cannot get the care from the government and other people. The joker was living with his mother. His mother always try to write email to a person who will attend the president vote. His mother just say the president candidate was kind to help them, but one day the joker open the letter, he find the candidate is his father. So, he want to see his father. Then he found the place where the president candidate lived. The guard showed up and the joker told the guard his name, his mother’s name. The guard also remember his mother. The guard told his mother had mental health problems. Actually, the joker is not the president candidate’s son, he was adopted by his mother. The joker knows that when he was a child, he was abused by his mother and the mother’s boyfriend. So, at the end, the joker has physical problem, his bone was abnormal. At the same time, his mother was in hospital so he went to the hospital and killed his mother.

Revised: 

It is a story about the joker. At the beginning, the joker was hit by three people on the road. The person robbed the joker’s banner which the joker uses to act. When he got back to the workplace he was punished by his boss. The people from the lowest part of society/lower class cannot get social and healthcare care from the government and other people. The joker was living with his mother. His mother always tried to write an email to a person who was running for the presidential election/is a presidential candidate. His mother just said the presidential candidate was kind to help them, but one day the joker opened a letter, he found that the candidate is his father. So, he wanted to see his father. Then he found the place where the presidential candidate lived. The guard showed up and the joker told the guard his name and his mother’s name. The guard also remembered his mother. The guard told him that his mother has mental health problems. Actually, the joker is not the presidential candidate’s son, he was adopted by his mother. The joker found out that when he was a child, he was abused by his mother and his mother’s boyfriend. So, at the end, the joker has a physical problem – his bone has developed abnormally. At the same time, his mother was in hospital so he went to the hospital and killed his mother.